Light emitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10559725-B2
Application number	US-201816167471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Priority date	May 26, 2016
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having a peak emission wavelength of 410 nm to 440 nm and a phosphor member. The phosphor member includes a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 430 nm to 500 nm and containing an alkaline-earth phosphate, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 440 nm to 550 nm and containing at least one of an alkaline-earth aluminate and a silicate containing Ca, Mg, and Cl, a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 500 nm to 600 nm and containing a rare-earth aluminate, a fourth phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 610 nm to 650 nm and containing a silicon nitride containing Al and at least one of Sr and Ca, and a fifth phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of 650 nm to 670 nm and containing a fluorogermanate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting device comprising:
a light emitting element having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 410 nm to 440 nm; and
a phosphor member, the phosphor member containing a phosphor comprising:
a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 430 nm to 500 nm and containing an alkaline-earth phosphate, which includes Cl and is activated with Eu;
a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 440 nm to 550 nm and containing at least one of an alkaline-earth aluminate, which is activated with Eu, and a silicate, which includes Ca, Mg, and Cl and is activated with Eu;
a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 500 nm to 600 nm and containing a rare-earth aluminate, which is activated with Ce;
a fourth phosphor having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 610 nm to 650 nm and containing a silicon nitride, which includes Al and at least one of Sr and Ca and is activated with Eu; and
a fifth phosphor having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 650 nm to 670 nm and containing a fluorogermanate, which is activated with Mn, wherein a percentage content of the first phosphor to a total content of the phosphor is in a range of 20 mass % to 80 mass %, and wherein when the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 5,500 K to 7,500 K, and a ratio of peak optical intensity of the first phosphor to the light emitting element is in a range of 0.4 to 1.5;
when the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 4,500 K to 5,500 K, and a ratio of peak optical intensity of the first phosphor to the light emitting element is in a range of 0.4 to 1.5;
when the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 3,500 K to 4,500 K, and a ratio of peak optical intensity of the first phosphor to the light emitting element is in a range of 0.3 to 1.3; and
when the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 2,500 K to 3,500 K, and a ratio of peak optical intensity of the first phosphor to the light emitting element is in a range of 0.2 to 1.4;
wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light with a sum of special color rendering Indices R9 to R15 of 600 or greater.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 5,500 K to 7,500 K, and a percentage content of the first phosphor with respect to a total content of the phosphor is in a range of 30 mass % to 80 mass %.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein a content ratio of the first phosphor with respect to the third phosphor is in a range of 0.9 to 6.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 4,500 K to less than 5,500 K, and a percentage content of the first phosphor with respect to a total content of the phosphor is in a range of 30 mass % to 80 mass %.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein a content ratio of the first phosphor with respect to the third phosphor is in a range of 0.8 to 5.5.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 3,500 K to less than 4,500 K, and a percentage content of the first phosphor with respect to a total content of the phosphor is in a range of 20 mass % to 75 mass %.

7. The light emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein a content ratio of the first phosphor with respect to the third phosphor is in a range of 0.6 to 4.2.

8. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light of correlated color temperature in a range of 2,500 K to less than 3,500 K, and a percentage content of the first phosphor with respect to a total content of the phosphor is in a range of 40 mass % to 55 mass %.

9. The light emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein a content ratio of the first phosphor with respect to the third phosphor is in a range of 1.9 to 2.5.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the alkaline-earth phosphate has a composition represented by formula (1):
(Ca,Sr,Ba) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (Cl,Br):Eu  (1)

11. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the alkaline-earth aluminate has a composition represented by formula (2a) and the silicate has a composition represented by formula (2b):
(Sr,Ca,Ba) 4 Al 14 O 25 :Eu  (2a)

(Ca,Sr,Ba) 8 MgSi 4 O 16 (F,Cl,Br) 2 :Eu  (2b)

12. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the rare-earth aluminate has a composition represented by formula (3):
(Y,Lu,Gd) 3 (Al,Ga) 5 O 12 :Ce  (3)

13. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon nitride has a composition represented by formula (4):
(Sr,Ca)AlSiN 3 :Eu  (4)

14. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorogermanate has a composition represented by formula (5a) or formula (5b):
3.5MgO.0.5MgF 2 .GeO 2 :Mn  (5a)

( x−s )MgO.( s/ 2)Sc 2 O 3 .y MgF 2 .c CaF 2 .(1 −t )GeO 2 .( t/ 2)M t 2 O 3 :z Mn  (5b)

wherein, M t is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and In, and x, y, z, s, t, and u respectively satisfy 2.0≤x≤4.0, 0<y<1.5, 0<z<0.05, 0≤s<0.5, 0<t<0.5, and 0≤u<1.5.

15. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light with a special color rendering Index R12 of 60 or greater.

Assignees

• Nichia Corp

Inventors

• Asai Kenji

Classifications

• C09K11/0883

  Arsenides; Nitrides; Phosphides · CPC title

• C09K11/7707

  Germanates · CPC title

• C09K11/7739

  with halogens · CPC title

• H01L33/52

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L33/486

  Electricity · mapped topic